health disparities

AMA Update 354: Why health equity is a medical and economic priority with Willie Underwood III, MD, MSc, MPH

7 de septiembre de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:08:38 0 Comments

Health inequity doesn’t just create disparities that impact patient care. It creates an economic burden that impacts all of medicine and the country. Joining to break down the dollars and cents case for why health equity is an urgent priority is Willie Underwood III, MD, MSc, MPH, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

📺 Watch Dr. Willie Underwood III’s full TEDx Talk «Racial Health Equity: A Right Now Priority», here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT9AHLAy6IY

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AMA Update 337: Health disparities in Chicago and the work to solve them with RUSH University Medical Center

8 de agosto de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:23:32 0 Comments

From RUSH University Medical Center, President and CEO Omar Lateef, DO, and David Ansell, MD, MPH, senior vice president of community health equity, join to discuss Chicago’s health disparities and how RUSH is partnering with the community to solve them. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🏘️ To learn more about West Side United, visit: https://westsideunited.org/

🤝 Check out AMA’s work with West Side United, here: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/investing-communities-helps-address-alarming-life-expectancy-gap

💻 Access resources and more from AMA Center for Health Equity: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/ama-center-health-equity

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AMA Update 261: Challenging racial bias and medical myth-busting on Tiktok, Twitter and Instagram with Joel Bervell

16 de febrero de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:41 0 Comments

Joel Bervell, a social media educator and fourth-year medical student in Baltimore, shares how he is using his social media platform to address health disparities, racial bias and misinformation in health care. Joel is the former AMA medical student digital fellow. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 92: CDC’s Dr. Alex Kallen discusses what physicians need to know about infection prevention and control

19 de octubre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:43 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with the CDC’s Dr. Alex Kallen, chief of the Prevention and Response Branch in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, about the importance of infection prevention and control and what physicians need to know about updated guidance in this area.  

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